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--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cephalophinae
--> GENUS Cephalophus
SPECIES Cephalophus niger
| Author: | Gray, 1846. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 18: 165. | | Common Name: | Black Duiker | | Type Locality: | "Guinea" but apparently Ghana, Shama (see comments). | | Distribution: | Rainforest zone, in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria (west of lower Niger River), Sierra Leone, and Togo. No record from Benin. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | The type of niger came from the Leiden Museum, one of a series from Chama (= Shama) and Dabocrom, Ghana, including the syntypes of pluto. Only the specimens from Dabocrom were retained in Leiden (Jentink, 1892) so presumably the type is from Shama. |
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